PHRASES AND WORD COMBINATIONS
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 576.
SPEECH PATTERNS
1. The ability to publish provides first a voice and second a position in the “establishment”.
The ability to write poetry givesbetter ways of expressing your thoughts and feelings.
The ability to get the author's message shows us the key for understanding literature.
2. It is interesting to view Robert Maxwell's determination.
It was exciting to seea little child so absorbed by the book.
It is sad to find out that this renowned author has left our country.
3. A book is more than its cover, pages and ink thereon.
His word is more than just a reader's opinion.
Pushkin is more than a great poet and writer.
1. sum total of its constituent parts – ñóììà ñîñòàâëÿþùèõ
2. a position in the “establishment”*– ïîëîæåíèå â îáùåñòâå
3. a public and litigious figure – ïóáëè÷íàÿ è ñêàíäàëüíàÿ ôèãóðà
4. upholders of civilization – ôóíäàìåíò öèâèëèçàöèè,
íîñèòåëè êóëüòóðû
5. physical components – ôèçè÷åñêèå ñîñòàâëÿþùèå
6. to shape imaginings and aspirations – ôîðìèðîâàòü
âîîáðàæåíèå è ñòðåìëåíèÿ
7. to provide access – ïðåäîñòàâëÿòü äîñòóï
8. morally dubious – ìîðàëüíî ñîìíèòåëüíûå
9. the party in power – ïàðòèÿ âëàñòè
10. to be immediate in their effectiveness – ìîìåíòàëüíî îêàçàòüñÿ
ýôôåêòèâíûìè
11. to ban books– çàïðåùàòü êíèãè
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*“establishment”-the most important and powerful people in a country, who
are often thought of as being conservative and wanting to preserve their own
power and influence.
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